Transports in Heterogeneous SAP System Landscapes with CTS
With the integration of the Change and Transport System (CTS) and the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI), SAP NetWeaver provides a comprehensive set of functions to control transports in both ABAP and Java environments. The enhanced CTS is capable of transporting non-ABAP object types, such as from the SAP NetWeaver usage types Process Integration (PI), Enterprise Portal (Portal) and Software Component Archives created with the Development Infrastructure (NWDI) as well.
In an SAP system, multiple developments take place, such as developments in ABAP, in Java, or SAP-specific non-ABAP technology (Web Dynpro Java, for example). Equally, content is created in SAP NetWeaver Portal and/or SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. With the functionality of CTS, you can handle any type of object that can be transported in an SAP system landscape. Therefore, an administrator of your ABAP system can also manage the transports for the non-ABAP parts of your system landscape.
Non-ABAP objects will be imported and deployed according to their application type (for example, using SDM). Objects in a single transport request can be a mixture of all types. However, this only makes sense if both are intended for the same system because transport paths are defined in the transport domain controller system.